Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1913 — NEWELL SANDERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWELL SANDERS

Early In May, Gen. Alfred B.,Beers, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Henry J. Seeley, adjutant-general, visited Chattanooga and conferred with a number of leading citizens concerning the 47th annual encampment of the association. The result of this visit and conference was that Chattanooga extended an invitation to the Grand Army of the Republic to come here for its annual encampment this year. The invitation was accented and the oontract closed t few days after the visit. Thus Chattanooga’s ambition to entertain the survivors of both of the 1 armies of the Civil War was gratified. The reunion of the United Confederate .veterans was most successfully handled, and now practically the same organization that handled the Confederate reunion so well Las charge of the arrangements for the G. A. R. encampment. There have been some changes in the organisation, of course, but the same spirits that put their energy, influence and money behind the plans for the Confederate reunion are working harmoniously and energetically to make the G. A. R. encampment a success.

When Gen. Been was in Chattanooga on this business he was entertained at dinner at .-one of the local dubs, and in the course of a speech he said among other things that the leaders of the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as the men in the ranks of that powerful organization, had long desired to hold an encampment at Chattanooga, and that he was gratified that the general desire would be met in September. He spoke of Chattanooga’s battlefields, its beautiful natural scenery of mountain, valley and river, its enterprise and Its people, closing with the prophecy that these many splendid environments, coupled with favorable geographical location, would bring to Chattanooga a record breaking crowd in September from practically every state in the union. The hotel facilities of Chattanooga are splendid for a city of one hundred thousand population. The boarding-house facilities of the city are all that could be desired in a city of 100,000 population. In addition to its hotels and boarding-houses, Chattanooga will throw open thousands of private homei for the entertainment of encampment visitors, just as was done on the occasion of the Confederate reunion. No veteran or visitor need fear that Chattanooga may prove unable to take care of the crowd. That matter was nettled when the Invitation was extended. Chattanooga

Former U. S. Senator from Tennessee, Chairman Citizens’ Encampment Committee, handling 47th G. A. R. Encampment.